Figure polycycle.



T. MASUDA. FIGURE POLYCYCLE,

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 2, NH,

Patented May 15, 1917.

2 SHEETS-SHFET l INVENTOR 5; I ZAlaszzalg,

WITNESSES T. MASUDA FIGURE POLYCYCLE,

avgucmwn. mm MAR. 2. 1917.

1,226,560. Batentedm 15, 1917.

2 SHEETS$HEET 2. 4

INVENTOF WITNESSES I 7 BY% !6M men. or misvmu,;c n1;roms

I new renown;

,ggzg so mains. ozn ttm' rnt atr- P atented M ay 1 5,1917.

T0 all'whomitmticoncemflj i y Y at'l div rg from eachother slightly Be it no 11- at I,- Tuomno Mum, ward the reel -end as at 2, and-are again of which t "following is a I a citizen o," he;JeBanes'eTEmpire residi'n =e.t= Marysville 'inft State ofCe'litornia,

e county of $1.11)! .en have invented new; .usefill Im rovements in- Eigure'Polycycles, specification; Thi'sinve ntionrelates to velociped es, and

I more to polycycles' car ingia' fig-' ure which in the resent case toy horse, althou is; ownns a of course I do not wish tob'e limitedin is respectg hnd one ob ect .ofthe seine is toimprove thevgeneral structu're providing adjustable means for mounting an animalffig'ure on the running fgear which latter carries the driving and steering wheels and the driving mechanism,

- sothetthe 7 ing the vehicle over municeted. to the frame rather than to the figure;- Another object 'the l'unningflgearjor the r figures than-flint shown, as

I rough road are c0mreception of other and'to adapt such. various figures to the frame.- f Other objects will appear i ing Specification and claims, reference in}? had *to 'the' accompanying vdrawings .werein:-

j'Fi-gure'l is aside elevation, Fig.2 aplan view with the figure re- ,moved.

' and the figure is an animal 7 I whoselimbs or legs L are 'snp l orted by said "f riune work and whose heed several parts is immaterial.

oftheliinbs of the fi Figs.- 3.and.4 are-cross sections on the line a '3-'3 and 'ti-i ely upward and fifiof Fig.1;

H. respectivel'y of Fig. 2.- FigsJ-T) and G nreviews looking respecdownwzird on the line is aLd-etail of the connection in one goreor animal, and, Fig. '8 'is' 'Rqdet-uiIQofQ'the bracket for supthefnnimnls foot or hoof. The rnhning'qgenr of the polycycle in the present instance "comprises; afrnme- F hav m aipn-ir of rear drivingwheels Rgand a: liar offront steering wheels S,' and carryingthe driving meehnnism D between them; A such as a horse Fig. 7

f I is movable fonsteering purposes as will be explained. Much'of the detailed construction of these The frame F is preferably mn'de of a single" iee'e of strap iron whose sides are p'urli'lle throughout" most of their -length is and ere connected etfverions-points by :front 0 the frame as, best seen in Figblfl,

- through the sides and sleeves .5 on the bolts jolts and jars incidental to driv is ,to edapt 'freine of v the follow.

as usual. Ipropose that this frame F shall stand about horizontah to which end the larger rear wheels B have their axle 6 passmg through the side bars of the frame, w ereas the smaller iront wheels ,S'have their axle 7 passing uhderthe frame as'seen 1n F1g. 4, .A bolster 8 overlies thisaxle and may. well be macleof stripvmetal of'som'e-resiliency, and a. spring 9 of the samefmetal may u-nde lie it as kin bolt 1 pessing'through the bolster. and sprlngjand-a'xle' as shown, its upper end;

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tween the side bars of the frame at this, 7

point. The steeringwheels S- are loosely mounted on theex'trem'ities 'of the from Q axle. So: also is one of the rear wheels as mounted on the axle us indicaited at 13 in 7 Fig.2; Hence the rear axle must'revolt'e in its-bearings in the franrennnd os it revolves it drives one of the rear wheels 'Rbutthe other'is loose so that thdevice may turn:

' corners I a 'I h'e driving mechnnism D includes a shaft 20"journaled thiton frame near the mid en g'tli "thereof and hawh the side bars of the in cranks and pedals 21' on its extremities, c in ring sprocket 22 fnst on this shaft, and a chain 23 connecting it-with a driven sprocke illfast on the rear axlehfi; and to this ex- 1 tentlhedriving n eclnuiislnof this \fehi'cle issimilnr to that of any rear dr ven poly cycle or bicycle. \Vhile this invention has been rolled a po'lycycle, I- mightsiiy, "that at this point -it is notiniposs tutu a single frontwhecl for the we steeling wheels S showm and h njtp' cr adapts-- heels because right post 30 journnlednear its lower end ible to substition of the steering JUNllul'lIS i 'yet to be -to have the rune liable to tamdem and this is a coning mechanism comprises an up- 75' iassing'through a U-shiiped connection 11 If through a bearing in a bridge 31 which conne'cts the side liars of the frame forward of the driving mechanism as best seen in Fig. 2, andcarryin [on itslow'er end a cross head 33 curved slig tly as shown. The ends of this cross. head are pivotal'l connected by permits the animal to have the'normal functionof turningits head from side to side, .said movements are transmitted by the post 30 directly to a mechanical steerin mechanism located wholly in and carrie i running gear below the animal and not only links 34 with the front'ax e, the "forward-f formin vno part of the figure structure but ends of the links being shown as attached to also inc uding'no othernecessary connection the bolster .8 at the points 36 in Fi 4111 though thisis afmatter of choice. of the bolster, with or without' the spring beneath it, is to sustain the forward end of the frame Fina plane level with the rear end, but i'fjthe front wheels S were made larger there would be nonecessity pf a bolster and'in'that case the links wohld probably be attached directly tothe axle orfto eyes therein as usual. It follows that when the steering post 30 is turned from side to side the front axle will be adjusted to steer the vehicleg Referring now more particularly to Figs.

, 1, 5'and 6,-the head Hof the animal. A is separated on a horizontal line through the necli,.an d at. the point'where the two parts meet, the contour thereofflis preferablyaciv cu'lar, .or is atlea'st'such that the ordinary appearance.of 'the' neck is maintainedWhen I theheadofthe animal is in -al inement with 80 .his body. The'steering post' forms theaxial j've'rtically upward through and is loosely mountedin the body A, and above the line of-division between .the body and the head it."

upward'ifito this-groove when the nut 40 is tightened up. Finally a'wusher 44 incloses "the aostbeneath the pi The face 45st the g lipn-end'of the niak of the body, as

seen! in Ei'gi v6, is .cut 0 close- ('3 ntact with-orstand' very-near to the face 4 .fof-"the' upper member, and a second washer '4 6may overlie the face 45 and lie 'inontact with theu'pper-wusher 44 so that the head H may turn easily upon the neck adjusted, .the upper end of the post 30' is ,drawn upward into the'hadfluntilthe-pin A3 is se ted .closely' within the groove 42, 155

the upioer end of-the. post within thehead'.

end 'sett' g; the nut up ight thereafter locks I consider this detail-of eonstriictioni I' im portantfan'd advantageous, because-whileit he use.

piyot between these members. It extends the pest 301$ passed a pin 43 which is drawn flat, so as to make "and' or by. use of the reins show'n i the movement of thehead is'communicated between a part of the figure and a moving Ezrt of .the vehicle. When. the figure s to remove'dorreplacedwith another, it .is

1 easily accomplished by removing thenut' 4O -and pin 4 -3 and drawing the parts of the,

'- -of the post 30 and within the running ear...

' I have, said that one of the objects 0 the inventiorljs to permit the substitution-off anotherFfigure A-for that shown, Infsuch new fi lire-the feet or boots. may notoccur precise y-f'where they dointhe-one illustrated, and adjustments oa parts are necessaryfto. make-them'. fit. 1th this end in .view I have showneachleg 'L as-in two members 50 and 51 :above'the knee. jointv 52,

and 1 preferably connect themembers by secu'ringa' wood screw 53. in and along the axis ofone member as seen in -7 and.

- drivinghitaxiall y into the other memberbf),

as also shown in. dotted lines in F g.1; This .parts or'members 50 .and 51 swivell ,--wi]l or; an equivalent v means.'o':f connecting' "'the.

. '100 permit the lower portion 54,-of the eg be- I low the knee 52 to be swung outward and- .inward slightly for a purpose'yet to appear. In connection with. this detail; I preferablyprovide four brackets, bestseen .1'n" F ig'.. 8,

whereof eachis made of pliable strap metal and of substantiall the construction illus-,

trated, Eachbrac et comprises abody 60 -=0 pp opr t e g 11 inarily to-stand oblique. tothe vert1cal,jthe

intended 'ordilower end of the body bent'slightlyon i "a line 61' to. produce an its-lower extremity, and Y the body being bent slightly on a Iine:'63 to produce a horizontal car 64 at its upper e upper. *end. of,

I H 111 5 extremity; and onesid of said ear ma bent on a line 65 to preduce an: upstan ing "--be.l. t nched to 'anyIpointin-thc strap metal grams F. 111 F1 3,2 7 bracket is shown slot I 67' wil be slipped over the *bolt which passes, throl'lgh the earv 66. All the earsare-piereed'jwith holes or more preferabl with slots 67 as shown, through which may passbolts orscrews hath fiingljappropriate washers; Iris quiteclew Theretor' when the child, riding on the'jani-K that brackets of this or=.o f-sim1lar-type may .2 earmost sleeve 5,

that the ear 62.w 1ll41 ie againstthe outside [of the right hand-stretchof the frame F, under the nut of said bolt. The same view shows anotherbracket upstanding from the. lac

bend 1- at the front end of the frame F, and in that c; the strap metal frame would ha ve to be drilled with a hole through which inlsses a. bolt which passes also through the slot 67. Ordinarily the body portion 60 of the b 'ackets will .incline outward from the frame, becausethe latter relatively narrow, and the ears G t-at the upper ends of the brackets will stand horizontal. At the right en" of Fig. 1, one of these ears is shown asainderlying the hoof GS of the front leg of thdanimal, and obviously a screw will be passed" upward through the slot in this ear and into the bottom of the hoof. A lit tle farther to the left this View shows one of the upstanding cars 66 as disposed behind the next hoof, and here a screw will pass througl'i a slot in this car and forward into the hoof. It is' to be understoodtlnlt the material of the brackets pliable to a certain. extent, and therefore if the parts may not be properly adjusted by means of the slots 67 in the various cars so that some ear uniflerlies' or lies against some portion of each hoof, the strap metal of the brackets can be bent fin-(ably on any of the lines (31,

63 or 65. lllorcover the swivel connection of and between the parts and 51 of each leg of the animal A, permits the setting of his several. hoofs laterally with respect to the brackets, whereas the latter are vertically adjustable on. the fran'ie by means of the lim'ermost upright slots (37. Thus the detailed construction of theiegs of the animal coacts with. the detailed (amstru'ction of the brackets and their means of adjustable attaclnnent to the frame and to the boots, to one end. which isthat, within certain limits, the animal shown can be replaced by an other whose feet or hoofs would not necessarily occupy the rclati'i 'e position of the one illustrated. With the form of steering mechanism described and shown, it, is of course necessary that the post 30 shall rise loosely through an upright hole in the body portion of the anunal and shall be fixed in an upright hole in its head portion ll, and

this neccsit em ihasizcs the advanta e of 'l'HLVlIl-ll, the various adjustments in the means for mounting the animal or figure on the running gear. Otherwise than as distinctly descrilaal, the parts are of appropriate sizes t geeaseo and materials, and I do not wish to be limited to details further than as covered by the appended claims.

\Vhat claimed as new is: y

1. In a figure )i )lycycle, the combination with a running gear including a frame carrying driving wheels and steering wheels, the driving mechanism, and -the mechanism of an animal figure having four legs, each made in two parts swirelly con nected with each other above tl' nee joint, and ln'ackcts connecting the hd fs frame of the running gear, as described.

2. In a figure toy, the combination with a. morning gear inclui'ling a frame mounted on wheels; ofva miadruped animal figure, and four brackets, each having an upright car steering with the I at its lower end, a horizontal car at its 70 upper end and an upright car u 'istanding from one edge of said,horizontal ear and all ears provided with slots, those in the lowermost ear for the reception of means :uljustably attaching it to the frame and those inthe other. cars for the reception o means adjustably attaching them to the hoofs of said figure.

In a figure toy, the cmnbniation wlth' a running gear including a frame mounted on an upright ear upstanding from one edge of said horizontal car and all cars provided with (.ipenings, those in the lowermost ear for the reception of means attaching it to the frame and those in the other cars for the reception of means attaching either of them 'to one foot of said figure.

i. In a. figure toy, the combination with a running gear including a. frame mounted on rliecls; of a quadrupcd figure each of whose legs is in two parts above the knee joint, a

wood screw fast in one part and extending axially. into the other whereby the parts are adjustably connected, and' for each leg a bracket of pliable metal having means for adjustably attaching its lower end to the 10 frame and adjustably.attaching its upper end to'thc animals foes. I

In testimony wherco I alfix my signature.

TAIC l-l l'llO. MASTTDA. 

